# 1985 Masters (snooker)

The 1985 Masters (officially the 1985 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 January and 3 February 1985 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The highest break of the tournament was 103 made by Cliff Thorburn, for which Thorburn earned £3,750.
The top 16 ranked players took part in the competition. The first round match between Alex Higgins and Steve Davis on 30 January turned out to be one of the all-time greatest matches between the pair when Higgins won 5–4 in front of an ecstatic Wembley crowd. The final on 3 February gave Cliff Thorburn his second Masters title defeating Doug Mountjoy 9–6 in the final, and he became the second player to win two Masters titles.

## Field

Defending champion Jimmy White was the number 1 seed with World Champion Steve Davis seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Willie Thorne was making his debut in the Masters.

## Main draw

| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| 1 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Willie Thorne (ENG) | 2 | 1 | Jimmy White | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 13 | John Spencer | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 3 | 13 | John Spencer | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | John Spencer (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | John Spencer (ENG) | 5 | | | | 1 | Jimmy White | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Cliff Thorburn | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Ray Reardon (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | | 4 | Cliff Thorburn | 6 | | | | |
| 16 | David Taylor (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | David Taylor (ENG) | 1 | 6 | Ray Reardon | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Cliff Thorburn | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 5 | 4 | Cliff Thorburn | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 3 | | | | | | | | 4 | Cliff Thorburn | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Doug Mountjoy | 6 |
| 3 | Tony Knowles (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Doug Mountjoy | 6 |
| 15 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 5 | 15 | Doug Mountjoy | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Tony Meo | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kirk Stevens (CAN) | 2 | 10 | Tony Meo | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Tony Meo (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Tony Meo (ENG) | 5 | | | | 15 | Doug Mountjoy | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Terry Griffiths | 2 | | | | |
| 8 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | | 8 | Terry Griffiths | 2 | | | | |
| 14 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) | 2 | 8 | Terry Griffiths | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Alex Higgins | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Steve Davis (ENG) | 4 | 9 | Alex Higgins | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Alex Higgins (NIR) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Smyth Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 3 February 1985. :
| Cliff Thorburn Canada | 9–6 | Doug Mountjoy Wales |
| First session: 67–42, 20–72, 8–78, 60–48, 52–63, 94–0 (54), 53–45, 94–0 (60), 75–18, 62–73, 60–67, 93–58 (72), 83–49 (64), 42–64, 65–25 |||
| 72 | Highest break | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 0 |

## Century breaks

Total: 1
* 103 – Cliff Thorburn